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Under U.S. Pressure, Al Qaeda in Iraq Shifts Tactics

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Dave Pettit

Jan 20, 2008 11:54 am ET

By Gina Chon With the U.S. military routing al Qaeda in Iraq out of the country’s urban population centers and into rural areas, the terrorist group has been forced to change its tactics and is using the northern city of Mosul as a major operations hub. Al Qaeda in Iraq had been known for spectacular […]